Re: please tell me you all fix up farmalls for the

Posted by Ron in Nebr on December 29, 2004 at 14:33:38 from (65.172.143.192):

In Reply to: please tell me you all fix up farmalls for the fun posted by arod on December 29, 2004 at 12:01:33:

Nope, I don't work on old IH's just for the fun of it. Being a rancher, I fix the ones I have up with the intent of USING them. Even though it may cost lots more to restore an old tractor than you'll ever make back by selling it, it's still WAY cheaper than going out and buying a "new" tractor of the same horsepower rating. At least that's my outlook on the cost issue.

Now, I do have to admit, we do have new tractors on the place(not gonna mention their color) and that my F-20 will never be the "primary" mowing tractor on the ranch, and my 650D probably won't ever be the tractor that's called on to get the feeding done every day. Mainly the jobs that are done with these older tractors are the smaller jobs...sometimes even jobs a guy comes up with just for an excuse to use the old tractors ;). But they're still getting things done that'd normally reqire putting hours on an expensive newer tractor that's way overpowered for the job at hand.

If I wasn't working on old tractors I'd be working on something else. I'm more of a "function over form" type of guy. If I put effort into fixing something up, I wanna be able to USE it. I used to build hotrods...and to really "use" one of those for what they're built for is kinda hard on drivers liscence points...At least with my old tractors I can use the heck out of 'em, stay outta jail, and actually be accomplishing something at the same time. Best of both worlds!

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